Looks like North Korea's engineers have been hard at work brushing up on their obsolete Soviet-era technology. Because after acquiring 10 discontinued Soviet subs, everyone's favorite little warmongering-dictatorship-that-could has finally rendered the outdated ballistic vessels seaworthy—and it only took them 21… »11/03/14 11:41am 11/03/14 11:41am

Just when you thought he was gone for good, North Korea's portly boy tyrant is back on the scene after what many believe was surgery to remove a cyst from his ankle. Kim Jong Un appeared at an air base where some of the hermit kingdom's few MiG-29s are based. According to state news, he gave the pilots 'guidance' and… »10/30/14 7:00pm 10/30/14 7:00pm

When we ran a story a while back about the cars of North Korea, one photo in particular caught my eye. In that photo was a green 1974 Volvo 144, which made me wonder if it was part of those 1000 legendary stolen Volvos I'd heard rumors about. It was, because those rumors are true. »9/02/14 12:19pm 9/02/14 12:19pm

Here's North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, looking like the happiest boy in the world in his Romeo-class submarine. North Korea was assembling these noisy boats from kits up until as late as 1995, but the truth of the matter is, the Romeo-class design is pure 1950s Soviet vintage. »8/06/14 12:27pm 8/06/14 12:27pm

For reasons beyond my comprehension, the Latvian million dollar armored car company Dartz released a press release consisting of nothing but two pictures of their boss partying with Dennis Rodman. »8/04/14 5:45pm 8/04/14 5:45pm

When I found myself in one of the most isolated and mysterious countries on the planet naturally the first thing I noticed was the profound assortment of vehicles in the airport parking lot. Behind the wall of mines and propaganda in North Korea are still people, and many people still like cars. »7/09/14 12:00pm 7/09/14 12:00pm

Top Gear, a British motoring programme about three capitalist buffoons doing nothing but driving the ultimate pleasure symbols of Western society hard working, salt of the Earth communists, is one of only three BBC shows being considered for broadcast in North Korea. Take that, Pramface.»4/07/14 10:40am 4/07/14 10:40am

When North Korea captured a U.S. Navy electronic surveillance ship, the USS Pueblo, in international waters in 1968, it was perhaps the worst security breach in U.S. history. One of the potential responses to North Korean aggression, drafted and approved by top military officials, was nuclear war. »1/28/14 11:05am 1/28/14 11:05am

The Pyongyang Metro is the pride of North Korea's capital city. Each day, some 700,000 people use its two lines to get around. It is also as immensely creepy as anywhere else in that country. »12/04/13 5:15pm 12/04/13 5:15pm

Nukes aren't the only military implement North Korea's been tinkering with over the last few years. During a recent air force parade, the Hermit Kingdom reminded the world of its deadly, deadly fleet of 30-year-old attack choppers. Today, new images have surfaced of a mysterious, camouflaged cargo jet. »8/14/13 4:37pm 8/14/13 4:37pm